Displaced victims need fast solutions when disasters strike, which is why <a href="http://www.shigerubanarchitects.com/">Shigeru Ban Architects</a> has developed a housing solution that can be put together at breakneck pace. Made up of several reclaimed shipping containers, the three storey high apartment complex will provide 188 <a href="http://inhabitat.com/football-legacy-center-in-santa-cruz-brazil-raises-awareness-of-homelessness/">temporary homes to homeless</a> Japanese in Onagawa in the Miyagi prefecture.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

Bringing housing to a disaster area is always a challenge.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

The terrain is rarely level, making swift action hard.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

Plus it takes time to build structures that can provide shelter to victims of any given disaster.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban has developed a multi-storey solution

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

That will provide 188 homes to Onagawa in the Miyagi prefecture.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

Already used shipping containers are stacked on top of one another in a checkerboard pattern.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

This arrangement creates space between the houses so that the overall complex is not so suffocating.

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Multistorey Temporary Shipping Container Housing by Shigeru Ban

Displaced victims need fast solutions when disasters strike, which is why Shigeru Ban Architects has developed a housing solution that can be put together at breakneck pace. Made up of several reclaimed shipping containers, the three storey high apartment complex will provide 188 temporary homes to homeless Japanese in Onagawa in the Miyagi prefecture.